Tow Law, town and ry. sta., AA*olsingham and Lan-
chester pars., Durham, 8 miles NAA⁷. of Bishop Auck-
land, 468 ac., pop. 5005; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Tow Law
originated in ironworks, begun in 1844.

Towan Head, headland, Cornwall, near Newquay.

Toward Point, headland, at north side of entrance
of Kyles of Bute, Dunoon and Kilmun par., Argyll-
shire, 34 miles NE. of Rothesay; P.O., and P.O., T.O.
at Toward, near Castle Toward, 2 miles AY.; on the
point is a lighthouse 63 ft. high, with flashing light
(Toward) 70 ft. above high water and seen 14 miles;
near the lighthouse is a steamboat pier.

Towcester.—market town and par. with ry. sta.,
Northamptonshire, on river Tove, 84 miles SW. of
Northampton, 2790 ac., pop. 2834 ; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Market-day, Tuesday. Towcester occupies the site of a
Roman station, and was an important place in Saxon
times. Of its walls, raised in the reign of Edward the
Elder, some faint traces remain. Shoe-making and the
mfr. of pillow-lace are carried on.—2. Towcester,
hundred, Northamptonshire, 13,070ac., pop. 5403; con-
tains 6 pars.

Towcdnack, par. and vil., Cornwall, 24 miles SAA⁷. of
St Ives, 2842 ac., pop. 644.

Towel, East and West, 2 adjacent villages, 54 miles
SAY. of Marlborough, AYilts.

Tower, mansion with ancient tower, 1 mile S. of
Mold, Flintshire.

Tower, The, above Newby Bridge, at foot of Winder-
mere, N. Lancashire; commands an extensive view from
a height of 605 ft.

Tower Division, Ossulston hundred, Middlesex, in
E. of London, 8792 ac., pop. 853,854.

Tower End, hamlet, Middleton par., Norfolk, 3 miles
SE. of Kings Lynn.

Tower Hamlets, parl. bor., Middlesex, inE. of Lon-
don, 4097 ac., pop. 439,137 ; the bor. returns 7 members
to Parliament (7 divisions—viz., Whitechapel, St
George, Limehouse, Mile End, Stepney, Bow and Brom-
ley, and Poplar—1 member for each division); its re-
presentation was increased from 2 to 7 members in 1885.

Tower Hill, 1 mile NAY. of Beaumaris, Anglesey;
has on its summit the Bulkeley Monument.

Tower Hill, seat, 8 miles S. of Castlebar, S. co. Mayo.

Tower Lindsay, ruined castle, Crawford par.,
Lanarkshire, near Crawford vil.

Tower Moor, hamlet, Thimbleby par., Lincolnshire,
near Horncastle.

Tower Without, Old, par., Middlesex, Tower Ham-
lets parl. bor., London, pop. 233.

Tower of London, par., Middlesex, Tower Hamlets
parl. bor., London, 27 ac. (including Old Tower With-
out), pop. 928. The par. contains the fortress of the
same name, founded by William the Conqueror, probably
on the site of an older fortress ; once a fortress, a royal
residence, a court of justice, and a prison, it is now a
Government storehouse and armoury. The Tower
Subway consists of an iron tube, 7 ft. in diameter and
1235 ft. in length, laid 18 ft. below the bed of the
Thames, and running from Great Tower Hill on the
Middlesex side of the river to Tooley Street on the
Surrey side ; it was at first opened (1870) for tramway
traffic, but in a few months was made a footway.

Towerliill House, seat, Kilmaurs par., Ayrshire, 23?
miles NW. of Kilmarnock.

Towersey, par., Bucks, lg mile E. of Thame, 1380
ac., pop. 342; P.O.

Towford, hamlet with school, Oxnam par., Rox-
burghshire.

Towie, par., Aberdeenshire, onriver Don, 12,150 ac.,
pop. 759; contains the ruins of the Castle of Towie;
the church is 123? miles SAA⁷. of Alford.

Towie Barclay, old castle, in par. and 44 miles SE.
of Turriff, Aberdeenshire.

Towlcr Hill, hamlet, Romald Kirk par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NAY. of Barnard Castle.

Town Green, ry. sta., SAY. Lancashire, 2 miles SAY.
of Ormskirk; P.O., T.O.

Town Mailing, 54 miles NAY. of Maidstone, Kent;
P.O., T.O. See Malling, AYest.

Town Sow, 1 mile S. of Rotherfield, Sussex; P.O.

Towneley, hamlet with ry. sta., AYhalley par., NE.
Lancashire, on SE. side of Burnley; Towneley Mall is
the ancient seat of the Towneley family.

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